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Subject: Re: X for install (was: Re: syscons driver) 
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Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 14:28:25 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> 	sounds like the configure script from perl-4.036.  asks a bunch 
> of questions, searches out information, does some tiny compilies.  then 
> lets the user edit a file containing all the data.

You can actually do something like this now with the existing `scripting'
abilities of sysinstall.  Write a little Windows program that spits out the
appropriate configuration data (see /usr/src/release/sysinstall/freebsd.cfg
for my laptop's installation script file) after asking Joe User all kinds
of questions.  It's not that far off as it is!

						Jordan